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Artist/Band: 
Weird Al Yankovic 
Lyrics for Song: Skipper Dan 
Lyrics for Album: Alpocalypse [2011]
  
               
  22495>I starred in every high school play
  Blew every drama teacher away
  I graduated first in my class at Juilliard
  Took every acting workshop I could
  And I dreamed of Hollywood
  While I read my Uta Hagen and studied the Bard
 
 
  Hit the boards and paid my dues
  And got phenomenal rave reviews
  I knew the world was gonna love me, without a doubt
  I was sure that Tarantino would be callin' me on the phone
  Annie Leibovitz would shoot me for Rolling Stone
  But the years have come and gone
  And I'm sorry to say that's not the way that it's all worked out
 
 
  I'm a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
  Skipper Dan is the name
  And I'm doin' 34 shows every day
  And every time it's the same
  Look at those hippos, they're wigglin' their ears
  Just like they've done for the last 50 years
  Now I'm laughin' at my own jokes but I'm cryin' inside
  Cause I'm workin' on the Jungle Cruise ride
 
 
  Oh, the critics, they used to say
  I was the new Olivier
  Thought I'd be the toast of Sundance or maybe Cannes
  Aw, but don't bother tryin' to IMDB me
  The only place you might possibly see me
  Is ridin' my little boat around Adventureland
  It ain't exactly what I planned
 
 
  But I'm a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
  Skipper Dan is the name
  And I'm doin 34 shows every day
  And every time it's the same
  I would've killed if I'd been in "Speed The Plow"
  But what's the difference, that's all behind me now
  Cause I'm payin' the rent and I'm swallowin my pride
  And I'm workin' on the Jungle Cruise ride
 
 
  I should be there on Broadway
  Knockin' 'em dead in "12 Angry Men"
  But instead I'm here tellin' these lame jokes
  Again and again and again and again and again and again and again
 
 
  Bengal Tigers can jump over 20 feet!
  That's an African bull elephant...
  And there it is, the backside of water!
  What have I done with my life?!
 
 
  I shoulda listened when my grandfather said
  "Why don't you major in business instead?"
  Now my hopes have all vanished and my dreams have all died
  And I'll probably work forever as a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
  Skipper Dan is the name
  And I'm doin' 34 shows every day
  And every time it's the same
  Look at those hippos, they're wigglin their ears
  Somebody shoot me cause I'm bored to tears
  Always said I'd be famous... I guess that I lied
  Cause I'm workin' on the Jungle Cruise ride
  I'm still workin' on the Jungle Cruise ride
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